USPS carrier reaches 1 million miles driven without an accident: Linn’s Buzz

March 29, 2016 11:44 AM

Thirty-three-year United States Postal Service carrier Patrick Barton received the National Safety Council’s Million Mile Club award last week after reaching the milestone without a single preventable accident on his record.

Patrick Barton joked to Nogales Internationalabout retiring after delivering mail for more than one million miles without an accident.

Barton, who’s been on the job for 33 years, received the the National Safety Council’s Million Mile Club award last week after “attaining 1 million miles or 30 years of safe driving without a preventable incident.”

“Every time Barton drives his vehicle, those miles are recorded in the USPS system,” the Nogales International report reads. “More than 9,400 postal employees of the roughly 321,000 carriers and truck drivers employed there have been recognized for this achievement, according to the USPS website.”

Barton’s supervisor, Manny Quiroz, said he’s seen very few employees receive the award.

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